This is going to be BIG.
OCTOBER 5, 2012
I know how hard it is myself because I used to vet VCs for a living when I was on the insitituional LP side. VCs opened up through the use of social media, and people like Jason Calacanis, regardless of what you think of his personality, actively campaigned against the toll takers on the road to capital. Things changed.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 20, 2018
To go “top down” in all of their campaigns. I once had a potential LP back in 2010 (when fund-raising as a VC was harder for me) tell me that he thought he was a better fit to look at our next fund rather than this one. I had learned that this is a standard line every LP uses to have an “easy no” for VCs. I was relieved.
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Feld Thoughts
JULY 17, 2023
When that ultimately failed , I began supporting several grassroots movements like the GEiR program , invested in companies founded by immigrants, am an investor and board member of Boundless , an early LP in Unshackled Ventures (unrelated to this book), and even became the executive producer of a movie called For Here Or To Go.
Austin Startup
DECEMBER 12, 2017
Cindy Revol, Joe Beard and Anurag Jain from Perot Jain, LP We received a warm welcome from Trey Bowles when we first came to Dallas and there have been many others who have opened their arms to us since. They are also helping us fund a social media campaign to reach people who might not already be coming to The DEC or other coworking spaces.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 7, 2018
I figured I was wasting my time unless the LP was leaning in on my first meeting. The hardest thing is that after you’ve had a great first meeting with a VC (or LP) you expect it’s all going to start happening! Back then I literally wouldn’t travel for any meeting unless I got an introduction first. I measured twice and cut once.
David Teten
DECEMBER 3, 2019
We use Google Analytics, HubSpot, and LinkedIn Campaign Manager for the majority of our analytics. Tim Friedman, Founder, PE Stack , said, “If I could offer one piece of advice to today’s managers, it would be to take the time to understand the demands of the modern institutional LP. 3) Raise capital.
Rob Go
DECEMBER 13, 2016
” Surprisingly, this isn’t just an LP kind of question, I actually get this a lot from founders or even just friends who are not directly involved in the startup community. Software companies nurture potential leads, and use drip campaigns or retargeting to bring along prospects that are considering their product.
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